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World cup games today: Brazil vs. Chile at noon and Colombia vs. Uruguay at 4 p.m.

Weather and traffic:

Today’s forecast looks to have mainly clear skies with a warm high of 29C, or 25C near the lake. The UV index will be at nine today, according to Environment Canada, which is very high, so don’t forget the sunscreen.

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The overnight low is 20C, and will carry us into a Sunday with a mix of sun and cloud, and a 30 per cent chance of showers late in the afternoon and evening.

TTC service from Downsview to Wilson is not operating, due to track upgrades, but shuttle buses will run the route in the interim. Go Transit reported no major delays.

It’s the final weekend of World Pride in the city, which means a party that promises to rage throughout the weekend and the wind up to some of Pride’s most anticipated events, including the World Pride Parade Sunday. The complete schedule for World Pride is available on their website.

As part of Pride, today we will see the annual Dyke March beginning at 2 p.m. at Allan Gardens. There will be sign making in the park beginning at 12:30 p.m., and a rally beginning at 1:30 p.m. at the same location. The march will wrap up at the George Hislop Parkette, near Isabella and Yonge Sts.

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Road closures:

There will be a number of road closures in effect this weekend as many of the major events of World Pride take place.

From 8:30 a.m. to noon, on Saturday, the Pride and Remembrance Run will see some roads closed. The route will close Wellesley St. from Jarvis St. to Queen’s Park Cres., which will be closed northbound on the east side to Charles St., and southbound on the west side to College St.

The Dyke March will also close some roads, with rolling closures in effect beginning at 1 p.m. Carlton St. will be closed from Bay St. to Jarvis St., Yonge St. will be closed from Bloor St. to Gerrard St., and Charles St. E. will be shut down from Yonge St. to Church St.

And finally, on Sunday, beginning at noon there will be a number of closures in the downtown core for the World Pride Parade. The parade begins at Bloor St. E. and Church St., and will run west on Bloor to Yonge St., then south on Yonge to Yonge-Dundas Square, where the parade ends.

The following roads will also be closed during the parade:

Yonge St. from Gerrard St. to Queen St.

Dundas St. from Bay St. to Church St.

Victoria St. from Dundas St. to Shuter St.

Top five headlines:

In local news, Rob Ford is expected to return to his office next week, and there are a lot of questions about how he’ll handle the job after his stay in rehab. The editor of The Recovering Politician’s Twelve Step Program to Survive Crisis provided some helpful tips to Ford to make his comeback a success, but how the public will receive their returning mayor, and his success in the fall’s election has yet to be seen.

Ottawa announced yesterday it will end its fight to overturn a major human rights ruling that says Canadian employers must try to accommodate parents who have difficulty meeting child-care needs. The former Border airport customs officer — Fiona Johnstone — was notified Thursday that her case will not be appealed to the Supreme Court, making the groundbreaking ruling law.

In the NHL draft, the Maple Leafs took Swedish forward William Nylander as their first-round pick last night. He’s the son of former NHLer Michael Nylander, and was named the best forward at the 2014 under-18 world championships, where he led all players in assists and points.

And finally, a Toronto-based “ally blood donor” clinic allowed gay men to give blood. Though the lifelong ban on gay men donating blood was lifted last year by Canadian Blood Services, it still turns away gay and bisexual men who have had sex in the last five years. The one-day pilot clinic was the first of its kind in Canada, and organized by a University of Toronto HIV-AIDS researcher.

Did you know?

Toronto is one of the most diverse cities in the world, and over 180 languages and dialects are spoken here, according to the City of Toronto.

A look back:

On this day in 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo, starting a cataclysmic chain of events that eventually led to the onset of the First World War.

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